Tavares High School

MOVING ON. Andy Yowell, a two-way tackle at Tavares High School last season, will play football at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, this fall. Yowell was co-captain of the Bulldogs last season and was awarded the Mr. Bulldog award for his team leadership qualities and overall play.

Some people have a bad hair day. Mabry Anderson has been having a bad hair week. Mabry, a 16-year-old Tavares High School student, was told Tuesday that her fire-engine red hair violated the district's policy forbidding "unnatural" hair color. She was given a referral stating that she could not return to campus until she had changed her hair. She stayed home two days, but she returned Friday to keep from getting unexcused absences, said her mother, Cate Rettig, 50, of Tavares.

Tavares Middle School will host an open house for parents Tuesday night.The event will begin at 7:30 with a general assembly in the Tavares High School auditorium. Afterward, parents will have a chance to visit their children's teachers at the middle school.

TAVARES — To Jordan Wettstein Stewart, the title "Senator" has a nice ring to it. Starting today, Jordan, 17, will take part in the 64th Annual Girls Nation Assembly in Washington. She is one of two high-school girls from Florida to represent the state as a delegate to the weeklong assembly. Girls Nation is a program in which high-school juniors are chosen from all 50 states to participate in a simulated national government program in the nation's capital. The students are called "Senators."

A man who approached a Tavares High School student and exposed himself on Oct. 23 did so by a school bus stop near Mount Dora. Because of a reporter's error, an Oct. 27 news brief incorrectly stated where the incident occurred.

The Howey-in-the-Hills Garden and Civic Club installed new officers recently at its final meeting of the 1986-87 season.Named as officers were: president, Jayne Beucher; first vice president, Florence Deeley; second vice president, Marlette Booke; recording secretary, Daphne Allan; corresponding secretary, Diane Carpenter; and treasurer, Karen Ellis.Eddie LeCouteur and Peter Tsirnikas, both seniors at Tavares High School and winners of club scholarships, were guests.

Tip-Off. A league for players 35 years old or older is being formed. Plans are to play games on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Tavares High School. There are currently three teams in the league, but the league could expand by as many as three more teams before the season begins on May 26. Team entry fee is $200 and a mandatory substitution rule will be used. For more information call Jim Bradford at 742-0678.

AS A student from Tavares High School I see many problems with the school system. Good teachers are being fired and athletics are also suffering because of state government's budget cuts. Education should be first on the list of importance.If people are more educated in the future, the government would not have to spend so much. Hopefully, the government will realize education is important so future generations of people will be helped.Nathan JonesTAVARES

The Lake County School Board, during its 6 p.m. meeting today, is expected to approve buying concrete grandstands for Tavares High School's stadium.The school's booster club raised about $85,000 to help pay for the structures. The only bid for the 800 seats in 16 rows came from Dura-Stress Inc. of Leesburg for $112,307.The stadium was condemned a couple of seasons ago and was reopened after the booster club replaced boards on the grandstands on both sides of the field.

THE UNITED States has created a $4 trillion debt. The economy has been shot to heck and the jobless rate is rapidly increasing, particularly in Lake County.The people of Somalia did nothing to deserve their fate, yet they aren't our responsibility. The American people, especially the ones who recently lost their jobs due to ''trickle-down economics,'' should come first.A country should not spend when it is in debt. It is high time to start paying back that debt.Luke Burroughs11th grade, Tavares High SchoolTAVARES

TAVARES — To Jordan Wettstein Stewart, the title "Senator" has a nice ring to it. Starting today, Jordan, 17, will take part in the 64th Annual Girls Nation Assembly in Washington, D.C. She is one of two high school girls from Florida to represent the state as a delegate to the weeklong assembly. Girls Nation is a program in which high-school juniors are chosen from all 50 states to participate in a simulated national government program in the nation's capital. The students are called "Senators."

Looking back now, well it makes me laugh We were growin our hair, we were cuttin' class Knew it all already, there was nothing to learn We were strikin' matches just to watch 'em burn Man I don't know, where the time goes But It sure goes fast, just like that… We were wanna be rebels who didn't have a clue With our rock n' roll T-shirts, and...

TAVARES — A Eustis High School assistant principal quit before the Lake County School Board could fire her after allegations that she was having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. Superintendent of Schools Susan Moxley this week asked the School Board to allow Kristine Durias to resign rather than terminate her. School Board members agreed without comment, and the school district has already begun looking for her replacement. Durias' decision came as district officials were close to firing her after it came to light that she carried on a close relationship with the student for more than 15 months, records show.

TAVARES -- A longtime teacher and former girls' coach who was acquitted of fondling a female student at Tavares High School has sued the Lake County School Board to get the district to pay his defense bills. John Peter Salamon's attorneys fees and legal expenses cost him $133,000, the lawsuit says. In the lawsuit filed in Circuit Court, Salamon, 55, asks the board to reimburse him not only for his defense costs but also for the expense of suing them for reimbursement. He remains employed with the district in a "non-student-contact" position in the department of Educational Technology Services in Tavares, said Laurie Marshall, executive director of Human Resources.

The Tavares High School coaches will challenge athlete alumni to a basketball game at 6:30 p.m. today in the gym at Tavares High School, 603 N. New Hampshire Ave. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help with the cost of athletic equipment and uniforms. Coaches Kelvin Ferrell, Calvin Burnett, Clayton Butts, Chris Gauntlett, Charlie Cerney, Peter Jackson, Greg Raczkowski, Dan Roman and Nick Ashby will play community members Alex Betancourt, Jason Davis, David Drees, Justin Sanford, Macgyver Smith, Dan Wilson and Ryan Wood.

Marion County Fire Rescue firefighters, in cooperation with Local 3169, raised $50,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in August and September. The MDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans. For more than 50 years, fire-rescue agencies across the country have participated in "Fill the Boot" drives to support the MDA. Last year, the group raised $36,400. Finished basic training Air Force Airmen Nicholas A. Digiacomo, Ambler L. Magnus and Dustin E. Rost have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

Several Lake County schools are planning open-house events this week for students and parents.Eustis Middle School will hold its open house at 7 p.m. today. Parents are asked to meet in the gymnasium for a short time before visiting their children's classrooms.Mascotte Elementary School also will conduct an open house tonight. The 7:30 event will begin with a meeting for parents and students in the cafeteria.Tavares High School's open house is at 7 p.m. Thursday. Parents are asked to meet in the auditorium.

Recently there was a notice in the paper that Tavares High School students were sending cookies to troops overseas and needed addresses for men and women in the military. I just received an e-mail from my husband's grandson, who is serving his seventh tour of duty in Iraq. He received his cookies and said to be sure and thank students for their effort and for caring. So here's big KUDOS to the teachers and students for showing compassion for our troops! VIRGINIA BEAGLE Fruitland Park

TAVARES -- Kory Brooker wasn't the object of Seminole Community College assistant Jon Updike's recruiting visit to Tavares last spring, but he quickly became the target of their attention. Brooker, 18, a senior pitcher, signed with the Raiders on Thursday afternoon in the media center at Tavares High School in front of many of his teammates, friends, parents James Brooker and Diane Brooker, and coaches. Brooker is the first Tavares baseball player to sign with a college program in the three years that Gavin Jones has been coaching there.